Does Student Works pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Student Works employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Student Works. This rating has improved by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Student Works?

91% of Student Works employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Student Works 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.5 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Student Works?

Owner Operator (137) , Painter (62) , Franchise Owner/Operator (59) , Graduate Student (51) , Operator (33) , Student Worker (28) , Owner/Operator (25) , Working Student (20) , Franchise Owner (19) , Crew Chief (13) , PhD Student (12) , Franchisee (9) , Owner (9) , Business Owner (8) , Window Cleaner (8)

What are the pros of working at Student Works according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and I made a ton of new friends who are like minded and hardworking through this program." ((in 42 reviews)); "You can make more money here than in most salary based positions so long as you are willing to hustle." ((in 24 reviews)); "Great culture and learning based around many other top performing entrepreneurial and like" ((in 23 reviews)); "Great company culture and excursions" ((in 20 reviews)); "Good learning experience over the summer" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Student Works according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours (self" ((in 25 reviews)); "Painters could be treated better pay is alright but they usually do piece rate so that's annoying" ((in 17 reviews)); "The managers do their best to help out those at the top of the company sales leaderboards leaving 90% of operators being hung out to dry while claiming to "care about your development."" ((in 13 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 12 reviews)); "Hard work and long hours, however if you delegate your work you can easily fit in time for yourself." ((in 7 reviews))

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4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(634 total reviews)

91% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture and values

4.5

Diversity and inclusion

4.4

Career opportunities

4.3

Senior management

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

Student Works has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 634 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Student Works employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

634 reviews

1.0

12 Apr 2017

Painter

Painter and marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Met some really amazing people

Cons

Worst work experience ever, should be illegal. Was forced into doing many illegal things (mainly involving unsafe ladder work that almost ended in death for my partner). My first boss was horrible and refused to pay us, when we brought this up above his head, his boss/the company did nothing. We had to contact the ministry of labour and only then did our boss agree to pay us. When we were filling out the claim, we realized that most of what our boss made us do was illegal but he took advantage of us. The company was also taking advantage of him and sets impossible times for jobs to be done and does not help out at all, everyone loses money except the company I am shocked it is still around. There was basically no training (painting or safety) yet they expected us to be professional painters. The days are unbelievably long and my boss made me work over night multiple times as well. Do not work for this company.

1.0

10 Jun 2016

UNPROFESSIONAL UNRELIABLE

Full time painter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Set hours Decent rate of pay

Cons

'Wasn't enough work to last more than 3 weeks' Overhired Was not trained, had no experience Continually being yelled at for not finishing the job quick enough although we were finished 12 hours ahead of schedule without training

Student Works Response

Well we really appreciate negative feedback as well. I know you posted on our Facebook page earlier this week and you were reaching out to our DM team out West to get this situation resolved. Anyone, can see that the behaviour that is described here is absolutely unacceptable. Clearly we would not have the incredible success since 1981 if this was our plan! Of course, this is a major breakdown. I really do hope that you were able to connect with the DM team so that this student leader can get some feedback. All the best the rest of the summer and we apologize that this opportunity did not work as we and you would have liked. Student Works

1.0

26 Jun 2023

Absolutely terrible

Crew member

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There was no pros to working for this company at all

Cons

It’s a total pyramid scheme Don’t pay on time Don’t pay the right amount when it’s pay day Schedule process is atrocious They sell you a false dream

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